title: New hypertension guidelines set aggressive goals based on risk factors. Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
abstract: Physicians and public health officials need to intensify their efforts to detect and treat high blood pressure, because the incidence of hypertension-related morbidity and mortality has stopped declining, and fewer than 30% of hypertensive patients have their blood pressure under control. The JNC VI report outlines the current standard of care for treating hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gifford
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*